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Your submission at Articles for creation: Kennedy Communist Party (March 9)

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used only for vandalism.
If you believe that there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Bbb23 (talk) 20:50, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Appealing Block

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Charlie Fritzgerald IV (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Hi! I am a [redacted] from [redacted], in [redacted]. The original purpose of the website was to humorously describe the journey me and three other friends had while competing for [redacted] as our [redacted], where me and three other team members detailed the events which we witnessed, and I wrote the final article. (also the name is clearly not mine) While I did not intent to cause harm or vandalism, I recognize and understand the fact that what I decided to put on this website could be seen as an internet hoax, or an attempt to spread misinformation, something that Wikipedia works hard to stop. I accept that what I did was wrong, and I will do my best to learn and grow from this experience. While we had simply intended it to be a memorial to the great year and time we had when competing at [redacted] state 2025, it is now clear that what I wrote talked about a sensitive topic that cannot be joked about in this manner. My [redacted] donates to Wikipedia annually because our entire family relies on the credible information that cannot be obtained anywhere else but within community of passionate individuals. I am sending an appeal for this block because Wikipedia is a lifelong website in which I both enjoy, and recognize the value of. I will do my best to take full responsibilities for the mistakes I have made, and learn from my actions. Wikipedia is not just a website, but a community where knowledge is fostered and accepted. I love this community because of how it embraces credibility in a time when misinformation can be widespread, so please, may I have a second chance at joining this community? Charlie Fritzgerald IV (talk) 01:42, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

This does nothing to convince me you understand exactly what was wrong with your edits or even that this is an encyclopedia. Every single one of your edits, including the unblock request, was inappropriate. Yamla (talk) 11:28, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

I fixed your unblock request as it was improperly formatted. It is now in the queue of unblock requests awaiting review. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 06:59, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Appealing Block #2

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First of all, thank you for all of the feedback on my first appeal to an unblock, it means a lot to see that people are giving suggestions for improvements to my behavior online. This is attempt number two for an appeal, so thank you for your feedback and I will try and make this more aligned with your suggestions. I understand why I got blocked, and I will make this a category in which I will grow. An encyclopedia, such as Wikipedia, is defined as “a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.” Wikipedia aims to help fulfill this goal online. I understand that my actions, such as my creation of the web page describing the history my hoax of the, “Kennedy Communist Party,” (which is a hoax of a real event I joined)  goes against this idea and falls into the category of Vandalism, which is extremely fair. What I did was wrong, and I will do my best to correct these disruptive actions.

I had originally hoped that I would be able to simply use Wikipedia as a website similar to Google Docs, but with a cleaner and more professional interface to have it act as an actual website that anybody with the link could go to. However, looking back, I believe that this is a completely unreasonable way to use Wikipedia and the resources it offers to people who are genuinely trying to help Wikipedia’s accomplish its mission.

In the most respectful way possible, I would like a second chance at Wikipedia. I did not have any harmful intentions when I first uploaded the page, and I had only intended it to be viewed by my friends, as a joke between us and to remember the great year that we had together at this event. Admittedly, this is everything that an encyclopedia doesn’t stand for, and I think that the block for my action(s) is justified. From now on, if I am unblocked, I will do my best to use the privilege that Wikipedia may give me to either be a neutral user who uses the encyclopedia only for research, or somebody who can mildly assist in helping Wikipedia accomplish its mission and not be disruptive in any way. If an administrator decides to keep me blocked, please give feedback, but thank you either way for helping me grow. I know that Wikipedia is a site that I will use for many many more years either way, so thank you.

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Charlie Fritzgerald IV (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

No misintentions, and I will do my best to behave in a more appropriate way online and on Wikipedia.

Decline reason:

This unblock request has been declined due to your history of vandalism and/or disruption to this encyclopedia. However, we are willing to give you another chance provided that you can earn back the trust of the Wikipedia community. To be unblocked you need to demonstrate and confirm that you are willing and able to contribute positively to Wikipedia. You can do this by:

Once you have decided on the article you will propose improvements to:

  1. Click the Edit tab at the top of that article;
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  3. Click edit at your talk page and paste at the bottom under a new section header (like this: == [[Article title]] ==) the copied content but do not save yet;
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  8. When you are done with your work, save your edits, then re-request unblocking using {{unblock}}, and an administrator will review your proposed edits.

If we (including the original blocking admin) are convinced that your proposed edits will hopefully improve Wikipedia as an encyclopedia, you will be unblocked.

If you need help while working with your proposed edits, you may add "{{Help me|your question here ~~~~}}" to your talk page. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 16:39, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

I think it's worth seeing you demonstrate a constructive edit you would make to an article of your choosing. Please follow the above instructions. It doesn't need to be a multi-paragraph addition, but it should be more than fixing spelling or grammar. 331dot (talk) 16:41, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Hi! I have already an article in which I want to edit in mind, but would you simply like me to add comments to what I would like to edit below the article, or directly edit the code?

I'm going to assume that you mean for me to directly edit into the section of the article in which I choose, which is what I will post at the time being. If this is what you meant, then I don't need a reply, but if this is incorrect, you or another moderator can delete the current response, respond, and I will fix it accordingly. Thanks!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlie Fritzgerald IV (talk • contribs)

I was looking for you to follow the instructions provided, but if you want to make a new unblock request where you describe a constructive, substantive edit you would make, that's fine too. 331dot (talk) 08:51, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Appealing Block

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I’m going to go with the option you secondly proposed. I apologize for not being able to successfully follow the directions you laid out for me, @331dot, but I am still going to do my best to make this count, and thank you for helping me throughout my time trying to get unblocked. It’s been hard for me to follow the directions in the way you expected, so I am just going to do the second option you proposed and do my best to go from there, with the understanding that what you asked of me was for me to describe how I would edit an article of my choosing on Wikipedia.

When I see an article that is labeled a “stub”, I generally will assume that there is substantial information that could be desirable that is missing, and there is more citing required to make it more clear what the information is describing, so this will be the main goal of my editing when faced with the following article, which is labeled a “stub”.

In the article that I chose from, Richard Rusczyk, it was marked as a stub, and as this is something that I am also passionate about, I took a section of it and I did my best to edit it in a way that would benefit Wikipedia and readers.

This is an excerpt of what was originally within the article.

Art of Problem Solving

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In 1994, Rusczyk and Sandor Lehoczky wrote the Art of Problem Solving books, designed to prepare students for mathematical competitions by teaching them concepts and problem-solving methods rarely taught in school. These books lent their name to the company he founded in 2003.

After working for four years as a bond trader for D. E. Shaw & Co., Rusczyk created the Art of Problem Solving website, which provides resources for middle and high school students to develop their mathematics and problem-solving abilities. These include real-time competitions to solve math problems and online tools to learn how to solve problems with increasing difficulty as well as math forums.[citation needed]

Rusczyk founded and serves on the board of the nonprofit Art of Problem Solving Initiative, which manages the United States of America Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS) and finances numerous local math initiatives around the United States. In 2012, Rusczyk won the Mathcounts distinguished alumnus award. In 2014, Rusczyk won the Paul Erdős Award from the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.[1]

Textbooks

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Richard Rusczyk has both authored and co-authored several textbooks for students in grades 5–12, including Pre-algebra, Introduction to Algebra, Introduction to Geometry, and many others. During his studies at Princeton University, he also wrote the Art of Problem Solving Volumes 1 and 2 with Sandor Lehoczky.[citation needed]

Copied content from Richard Rusczyk; see that article's history for attribution.

What I Would Edit Below:

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For this, I would like to add some more information about the first section under the heading of, “The Art of Problem Solving”, as this is quite notable around the younger mathematical community but it appears to have a relatively low amount of cited sources.

“In 1994, Rusczyk and Sandor Lehoczky wrote the Art of Problem Solving books, designed to prepare students for mathematical competitions by teaching them concepts and problem-solving methods rarely taught in school. These books lent their name to the company he founded in 2003.”

This is an excerpt from the first paragraph under this heading. There are no citations in this paragraph, which is alright, but I would like to add some citations such that it would appear more like:

In the years from 1993 to 1994[2], Rusczyk and Sandor Lehoczky wrote the first and second issues of the Art of Problem Solving books, designed to prepare students for mathematical competitions by teaching them concepts and problem-solving methods rarely taught in school. These books lent their name to the company he founded in 2003[3].

This adds citations for where the date of the first AoPS textbooks is stated, although this is a minor and hardly necessary fix, that just might interest a small selection of readers. I’m still not that good at the page editing software, so I don’t know if how I changed the archived URL worked, because I just copied the URL code from earlier in this same passage, although I think that it works now.

The next paragraph is,

“After working for four years as a bond trader for D. E. Shaw & Co., Rusczyk created the Art of Problem Solving website, which provides resources for middle and high school students to develop their mathematics and problem-solving abilities. These include real-time competitions to solve math problems and online tools to learn how to solve problems with increasing difficulty as well as math forums.[citation needed]”

The text directly states citation needed, so I cited a source written by AoPS itself, about what AoPS does that aligns with what is written here. I changed this to:

After working for four years as a bond trader for D. E. Shaw & Co., Rusczyk created the Art of Problem Solving website (https://artofproblemsolving.com), which provides resources for middle and high school students to develop their mathematics and problem-solving abilities[4]. These include real-time competitions to solve math problems and online courses with tools to learn how to solve problems with increasing difficulty as well as math forums, where a wiki is also hosted[5].

I would also add a link to AoPS, I don't know if it is necessary or if it fits the style of Wikipedia but I thought it could be helpful for people curious. I also noticed that Art of Problem Solving just links to the same article this is meant to be editing from, so... yeah I'm not linking it and I now see why it isn't.

The third paragraph is fine, so we can simply move onto the next header, which is a subsection of the previous section, “Textbooks” lies. These textbooks are the core of the AoPS curriculum, and they were an extremely vital part of establishing him within the mathematical community. As such, I think a bit more detail would be nice.

The entirety of the subsection under the primary "AoPS" section labeled, "Textbooks" contains the paragraph,

“Richard Rusczyk has both authored and co-authored several textbooks for students in grades 5–12, including Pre-algebra, Introduction to Algebra, Introduction to Geometry, and many others. During his studies at Princeton University, he also wrote the Art of Problem Solving Volumes 1 and 2 with Sandor Lehoczky.[citation needed]”

I think this is fine, but I would like to know a bit more about why he wrote the books in the first place. As such, after adding a citation to more about Richard, I would suggest adding more information about him and his journey with writing the first two volumes of the textbook. As a separate paragraph for extra information underneath, I would suggest adding,

During his studies at Princeton University, in the summer of 1990 after his first year of college, Richard Rusczyk, Sandor Lehoczky, and Sam Vandervelde from the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) created a math competition named the Mandelbrot Competition. The scores for the competition were not as favorable as expected, leading Richard Rusczyk and Sandor Lehoczky to write the first entries in the Art of Problem Solving Series, Art of Problem Solving Volumes 1 and 2. [6]

This is a completely separate paragraph underneath the original paragraph above explaining why he wrote the books in the first place.

Finally, I created a list of all the books he published as it only says he wrote, “and many others,” in case anybody would be interested:

Full List of (Co)authored Textbooks In Published Order

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  1. The Art of Problem Solving: The Basics - Published 1993[7] w. Sandor Lehoczky
  2. Art of Problem Solving, Volume 2: And Beyond - Published 1994[8] w. Sandor Lehoczky
  3. Introduction to Geometry - Published 2006[9]
  4. Introduction to Algebra - Published 2007[10]
  5. Intermediate Algebra - Published 2007[11] w. Mathew Crawford
  6. Precalculus - Published 2009[12]
  7. Prealgebra - Published 2011[13] w. David Patrick, Ravi Boppana

They all just have links to the webpage explaining them and their history on the AoPS website though. If this was what you meant, these are my thoughts. If this wasn’t… I’m so sorry for wasting your time but you can delete this and I will correct it.

Once again, copied content from Richard Rusczyk; see that article's history for attribution.

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Charlie Fritzgerald IV (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

It's an explanation of what I would do to edit an article. This will likely be my second to last or third to last attempt to repeal my block. I have a lot of school work, so I think it's fair for me to take a break from this before coming back. Thank you for all the chances you have given me, and if this is once again not what you have been looking for, please tell me, and I will likely still try again. I truly want to regain the trust of the Wikipedia community, so thank you for everything.

Accept reason:

That sure is enough of a demonstration of good faith for me. Welcome to wikipedia. -- asilvering (talk) 22:10, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Below is simply the full paragraph of what I would change, compiled together. It's nothing new but just if you put everything I suggested into paragraph form. Every source will be doubled because it was written above once and below once, and I'm not sure how to fix it, but I don't think it's too significant so that's all that I am going to do for now. :)


Art of Problem Solving

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Extended content

In the years from 1993 to 1994,[14], Rusczyk and Sandor Lehoczky wrote the first and second issues of the Art of Problem Solving books, designed to prepare students for mathematical competitions by teaching them concepts and problem-solving methods rarely taught in school. These books lent their name to the company he founded in 2003[15].

After working for four years as a bond trader for D. E. Shaw & Co., Rusczyk created the Art of Problem Solving website (https://artofproblemsolving.com), which provides resources for middle and high school students to develop their mathematics and problem-solving abilities[16]. These include real-time competitions to solve math problems and online courses with tools to learn how to solve problems with increasing difficulty as well as math forums, where a wiki is also hosted[17].

Rusczyk founded and serves on the board of the nonprofit Art of Problem Solving Initiative[18], which manages the United States of America Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS) and finances numerous local math initiatives around the United States. In 2012, Rusczyk won the Mathcounts distinguished alumnus award. In 2014, Rusczyk won the Paul Erdős Award from the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.[19]

Textbooks

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Richard Rusczyk has both authored and co-authored several textbooks for students in grades 5–12, including Pre-algebra, Introduction to Algebra, Introduction to Geometry, and many others[20].

During his studies at Princeton University, in the summer of 1990 after his first year of college, Richard Rusczyk, Sandor Lehoczky, and Sam Vandervelde from the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) created a math competition named the Mandelbrot Competition. The scores for the competition were not as favorable as expected, leading Richard Rusczyk and Sandor Lehoczky to write the first entries in the Art of Problem Solving Series, Art of Problem Solving Volumes 1 and 2. [21]

Full List of (Co)authored Textbooks In Published Order

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  1. The Art of Problem Solving: The Basics - Published 1993[22] w. Sandor Lehoczky
  2. Art of Problem Solving, Volume 2: And Beyond - Published 1994[23] w. Sandor Lehoczky
  3. Introduction to Geometry - Published 2006[24]
  4. Introduction to Algebra - Published 2007[25]
  5. Intermediate Algebra - Published 2007[26] w. Mathew Crawford
  6. Precalculus - Published 2009[27]
  7. Prealgebra - Published 2011[28] w. David Patrick, Ravi Boppana

References

  1. ^ "WFNMC Awards". Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "First AoPS Books".
  3. ^ "Founder of AoPS".
  4. ^ "Explanation of AoPS Online Courses".
  5. ^ "AoPS Wiki".
  6. ^ "Info on the Textbooks The Art of Problem Solving".
  7. ^ "Link to Further Textbook Information".
  8. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  9. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  10. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  11. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  12. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  13. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  14. ^ "First AoPS Books".
  15. ^ "Founder of AoPS".
  16. ^ "Explanation of AoPS Online Courses".
  17. ^ "AoPS Wiki".
  18. ^ "Description and Further Information Courses".
  19. ^ "WFNMC Awards". Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  20. ^ "AoPS Textbooks + Description of Contents".
  21. ^ "Info on the Textbooks The Art of Problem Solving".
  22. ^ "Link to Further Textbook Information".
  23. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  24. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  25. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  26. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  27. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
  28. ^ "Further Textbook Information".
Charlie Fritzgerald IV (talk) 19:32, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

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You walked straight into a brick wall before anyone managed to give you one of these, so, here you go. -- asilvering (talk) 22:13, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Charlie Fritzgerald IV, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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